Temp difference mh vs hps

I have an air cooled 600w digital ballast light. I just switched bulbs from mh to hps for flowering. It was my understanding that the hps would run cooler than the mh but that’s not the case. I had to turn the fan up from 2 to 5 to keep my temp at about 77f… did I smoke too much or what?

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I’ve never heard or experienced that. Maybe some slight differences depending on where and how you’re measuring. But nothing that will make environment drastically different from one to the other.

I was pretty surprised to see that. It’s basically my 1st indoor grow and also the 1st time I’ve used this light. It’s not really a big deal, just unexpected

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The good news is should be fairly consistent outside of what is expected for changes in seasons.